I found Nilay's to be the most useful review I have encountered. It pulled-no-punches, as any good review must. I know from this review that Starlink, as it is now, would not be usable at my house in New York, nor at my house in California.
The California house depends on local microwave, which works pretty well in dry weather, but is not broadband by any modern standard. Years ago, ATT laid fiber to within, literally, yards of the house–just across the street–and collected a half $billion federal subsidy (paid by taxing old-fashioned, wired phone subscribers) for that, but never lit it. I was stuck on ATT 3Mb DSL for years, and dropped it the moment there was a viable alternative at twice the price. (I could have switched to Comcast, lately. But that would be Comcast.)
Starlink might be usable, in time. When it is, Verge most likely will publish another review. I expect it will also pull no punches, and I await it as eagerly as I await Starlink to leave Beta status. But my seething hatred for ATT will not fade in this lifetime. (Doubtless I would feel the same about Comcast, given any contact.)
You seem to have poor service that Starlink would greatly improve. I think you took the wrong message from the verge article that is exactly what everyone is complaining about.
Starlink, as it is now, would leave me wholly disconnected for at least half of any hour. The service I have is not fast, but it moves all the packets I send in any minute I send them (except during rainstorms) ...and gives me two static public IP addresses.
> Starlink, as it is now, would leave me wholly disconnected for at least half of any hour.
I don't know what you're talking about here. Starlink doesn't act that way at all. The uptime is very high in many cases. A lot of people have zero downtime on most days.
Starlink's own user manual says that even a single tree can block service, when the satellite needed is on the other side of it. The review usefully relays this essential information. Any review that does not reveal this has failed.
Only people who are not surrounded by 100 ft trees may be getting tolerable service. That would not include me.
The California house depends on local microwave, which works pretty well in dry weather, but is not broadband by any modern standard. Years ago, ATT laid fiber to within, literally, yards of the house–just across the street–and collected a half $billion federal subsidy (paid by taxing old-fashioned, wired phone subscribers) for that, but never lit it. I was stuck on ATT 3Mb DSL for years, and dropped it the moment there was a viable alternative at twice the price. (I could have switched to Comcast, lately. But that would be Comcast.)
Starlink might be usable, in time. When it is, Verge most likely will publish another review. I expect it will also pull no punches, and I await it as eagerly as I await Starlink to leave Beta status. But my seething hatred for ATT will not fade in this lifetime. (Doubtless I would feel the same about Comcast, given any contact.)